"Zhou Xingyun, you are deceiving good women with your sweet words. Today I will do justice for the people and eliminate harm for the people!" Tang Yuanying will not miss any opportunity to teach Zhou Xingyun a lesson. She likes to humiliate Zhou Xingyun in public the most.
"I didn't! Second Senior Sister, please be reasonable! Put down your weapon so that you can speak!"
Zhou Xingyun retreated in fear. Although Tang Yuanying was a woman, she was naturally beautiful, and her martial arts skills were superior to Zhao Hua's, and she had reached the level of a second-rate master. Whenever a beautiful lady caused trouble, he would only be beaten...
"Take the move!" Tang Yuanying was indifferent and had no intention of being reasonable. Today she was going to severely repair Zhou Xingyun in front of Xu Zhiqian and make him act ugly.
However, seeing the scabbard hitting Zhou Xingyun's ribs, Xu Zhiqian stepped forward without hesitation.
"Stop, girl, why do you want to hurt someone?"
"Why should I? Why should you protect him!"
"Once a teacher, always a father."
"Haha, I am his fiancée, shouldn't you call me Master's Wife?"
Tang Yuanying sneered with a smile. She had long disliked Xu Zhiqian. Yesterday or today, she entered the villa without asking. Do you really regard this place as your own home? The disciples in the villa have never seen the world. In the blink of an eye, this enchantress was defeated.
I'm so confused that I'm really embarrassed...
It was the first time in Zhou Xingyun's life that Tang Yuanying claimed to be his fiancée. He really didn't know whether to be happy or cry.
Xu Zhiqian looked surprised, as if she didn't expect Zhou Xingyun to have such a charming fiancée. However, the look in her eyes when she looked at him was full of disgust and disgust, not like she was jealous...
The atmosphere in the martial arts square was awkward. Zhou Xingyun was at a loss. The scene in front of him was completely beyond his imagination. The two beauties looked at each other silently without saying a word, and there was a hint of danger in their hair.
Fortunately, Tang Yanzhong came unexpectedly to inspect the morning training of the disciples in the villa, which invisibly averted a bloody storm.
"What are you all doing together? Why don't you start your morning exercises soon!"
"Master."
"Dad, someone broke into the villa without permission."
Tang Yuanying struck first, and Tang Yanzhong immediately saw Xu Zhiqian, who was wearing a light pink dress and looked outstanding.
"Jianshu Villa is a place for martial arts practice and is not suitable for literati to visit. If Miss Xu needs it, she can inform your sect in advance so that Tang can prepare a banquet to welcome her to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."
Tang Yanzhong spoke kindly and hoped that Xu Zhiqian would pay attention to his identity. Yesterday, Magistrate Xu took people up the mountain, but they were confused. Moreover, the martial arts of Jianshu Villa were not spread to outsiders. Xu Zhiqian entered the Villa rashly, which would inevitably lead to the suspicion of stealing his master.
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But having said that, the daughter of the Xu family is indeed beautiful, even better than her own daughter. The disciples of the villa were all attracted to her, and they let her into the manor to play.
"Uncle, it's not Miss Xu's fault, it's me who invited her to the villa as a guest." Zhou Xingyun said bravely. Just now, it was all thanks to Xu Zhiqian's cover that he was protected from Tang Yuanying's beating, so naturally he couldn't just sit back and watch.
"It's so shameless to have a tryst between a man and a woman in broad daylight." Tang Yuanying sneered coldly.
"Stop interrupting!"
"Dad, why do you always go to him and bring outsiders into the villa without permission? It's obviously his fault!"
"I haven't settled the accounts with you about the marriage proposal a while ago. Do you have the nerve to say that someone else is not?"
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault! I don't have the shame to accuse him, but he has the shame to marry me! A libertine who can't even beat a third-rate warrior!"
Tang Yuanying glared at Zhou Xingyun angrily, with tears in her eyes, and rushed out of the square without looking back...
The farce ended unhappily. Zhou Xingyun was really in no mood to continue his morning exercises, so he had to take Xu Zhiqian to the backyard of the villa to take a breather.
Seeing Zhou Xingyun, who was mentally shriveled and full of dejection, Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but feel sad and sorry for him. At this moment, she finally understood why Zhou Xingyun had to forcefully describe the "earth" as a square yesterday.
The higher you stand, the farther you see. The world in his eyes is completely different from theirs. No one can understand the scenery he can see, not even her...
The blue sky she saw was just a vast blue sky. But the blue sky he saw was a universe filled with billions of stars.
The sea she saw was just a bottomless ocean. But the sea he saw was an all-encompassing life.
The earth she saw was just a vast expanse of loess. But the earth he saw was the foundation of the world.
"Master Zhou..."
"I don't accept apprentices."
Xu Zhiqian opened her mouth, but before she could say a word, she was cut off by the other party.
Zhou Xingyun will never accept a beautiful woman as his apprentice in his life. He would be at a huge disadvantage if he could watch her but not date her.
"Young Master has made up his mind, Zhi Qian will not force others to do anything. However, I hope that Young Master Zhou can continue to teach Zhi Qian more knowledge like he did yesterday."
After experiencing some commotion in the morning, Xu Zhiqian also realized that becoming a disciple was a bit reckless and would bring a lot of trouble to Zhou Xingyun. Now she could only settle for the next best thing. As long as he was willing to teach her knowledge, it didn't matter whether she became a disciple or not.
Zhou Xingyun was so obsessed that he couldn't stand the beauty's abuse. Unknowingly, he picked up a small branch and drew pictures on the ground, explaining the rotation of day and night, the changes of the four seasons, and the rotation and revolution of the earth.
The sun sets, the red clouds fly over the western mountains, and another day passes in the blink of an eye. The young and the young girls hit it off so well that they start calling each other by their first names without even realizing it.
"Xingyun, have you ever heard of a first-grade academy?"
"No."
"The First Grade Academy is a holy place that all literati long for. It is where the best talented scholars of our dynasty gather. Its existence is like a legend, and every scholar has heard about it."
"Sounds great."
"Of course, Yipin Academy is the Beidou of academic circles. It has the most outstanding talents from all walks of life. I assure you that there is no academy in the world that can compare with it."
"You want me to join a first-grade academy?"
"You can't get into a first-grade academy just by entering. Its existence is very mysterious. No one knows where the academy is, and no one knows how many disciples it has."
"Then what?"
Zhou Xingyun's performance was very calm, which made Xu Zhiqian very embarrassed. She did not expect that there were people who did not recognize the name of 'First Grade Academy'.
But thinking about it carefully, Zhou Xingyun is in the world of martial arts and knows nothing about the world of literati. It makes sense that he has never heard of the ‘First Grade Academy’.
"To be honest, Zhiqian's purpose in meeting friends in Fujing City is to recruit outstanding students for the 'First Grade Academy'. To put it simply, I am one of the examiners of the First Grade Academy."
"so what?"
"Zhiqian hopes that you can join a first-grade academy. But..."
Xu Zhiqian kept talking for a long time, but the result was as Zhou Xingyun expected, she wanted me to join a first-class academy.
However, the conditions for joining a first-class academy are very demanding. Zhou Xingyun's seven characters alone would obviously make him unable to be shortlisted, so Xu Zhiqian hoped that he could follow her to Beijing for an interview and convince the other examiners with his performance.
"Not going."
"Why? Talents who join a first-grade academy will enjoy the treatment of being a top scholar and have the opportunity to become an official in the court and become the prime minister."
"Miss Zhiqian, I have told you many times that what I just taught you is all unfounded reasoning, so just listen to it and don't take it too seriously. Moreover, I am a disciple of Jianshu Villa. One day
A martial arts person has a lifelong martial arts spirit. I accept it with good intentions."
Zhou Xingyun has made an exception twice to teach Xu Zhiqian weird knowledge. If his mother knows, her butt will definitely bloom.
Moreover, early summer has arrived, and it won't be long before he inherits a new memory. By then, he will lose his current teaching ability and will no longer be able to teach Xu Zhiqian fluently.
"I will come again tomorrow."
"You don't have to come tomorrow."
"Why? Do you think the young master thinks Zhiqian is stupid?"
"Tomorrow is the birthday of Mr. Su from the Great Shang Dynasty in Forview City. I want to accompany Master to celebrate his birthday. As for you, is it okay to stay at Jianshu Villa all day? By the way, besides me, isn't there someone else whose articles meet the standards?
,Don’t you have to go meet him?”
"I have already written back to him and made an appointment to meet at the Crescent Moon Tower at midnight tonight. It is said that he is a handsome and handsome young man with a jade face."
"As long as you like it." Zhou Xingyun forced a smile. Although he knew that the girl was deliberately teasing her, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.
"Are you coming?"
"No, it's my turn to do odd jobs today. I have to go back to the villa to chop firewood later."
Zhou Xingyun escorted Xu Zhiqian down the mountain. The Xu family's horseman had been waiting in front of the mountain. Looking at the beautiful figure gradually receding, he could only reluctantly wave goodbye.
Before leaving, Xu Zhiqian told him that she would go to Crescent Tower to meet the talented scholar later. These words were like a stick that made Zhou Xingyun confused. It seems that he will have insomnia again tonight...
"Third Senior Brother, why are your eyes even scarier than yesterday?"
"Forget it, I can't sleep."
"Did you quarrel with Miss Xu?"
"not at all."
Zhou Xingyun yawned leisurely and followed the crowd into Fujing City.
Today is the fiftieth birthday of Su Yuanwai. Yang Xiao and Tang Yanzhong, as representatives of Jianshu Villa, went to the Su Mansion to congratulate him.
"Second Senior Sister, are you tired from walking? I have fresh loquats here, please try them."
On the way to Nanmen Street, Zhou Xingyun found that a street vendor was selling loquat fruits, Tang Yuanying's favorite food. In order to please his fiancée, he gritted his teeth and emptied his wallet and bought five loquats to offer to his wife.
Tang Yuanying saw Zhou Xingyun approaching with an attentive look on her face, and her eyebrows immediately wrinkled in disgust. However, Tang Yanzhong was standing next to her, so Tang Yuanying did not dare to be rude to Zhou Xingyun.
"Yuanying, look how much Yun'er loves you. Loquat is a fruit used to receive distinguished guests, and it's not easy to eat it normally."
Tang Yuanying treated Zhou Xingyun as nothing and did not respond for a long time, so Yang Xiao had no choice but to push back in secret.
Perhaps sensing that her father Tang Yanzhong was gradually showing displeasure, Tang Yuanying reluctantly accepted the loquat from Zhou Xingyun.
Loquats, lychees, longans and other fruits are considered very expensive luxuries in this era when food and clothing are difficult to solve. People who are not rich and wealthy cannot afford to eat sweet fruits. So even though Tang Yuanying hated Zhou Xingyun, she accepted them half-heartedly.